Koloděje nad Lužnicí
Czech Republic

LOCATION: Koloděje
is a small town on the Lužnicí river where it runs into the Moldau
(Vltava) in Bohemia-Ceske Budejovice at 49�15 14�25,
3km N of Tyn nad Vltavou; 6 km SW of Bechyne; and 24
km SW of Tabor.

HISTORY:
Earliest known Jewish community was 1681-1684. The
Jewish community moved here after expulsion from
nearby town of Tyn nad Vltavou (German: Moldautein).
The Jewish population in the first half of 19th
century was 94 families that later moved to Tyn nad
Vltavou and other towns (153 in Koloděje nad, 60 in
Tyn n. V. in 1886). In 1857 over half the town's
population were Jews (679 of 1327 total). The
Jewish population in 1930 was 9 in Koloděje and 23 in
Tyn nad Vltavou. Nazis disbanded the
congregation. See "The
History of Judaism in Kalady" in "How the
castle and the parish of Koloděje arose"
translated by Rainer Radok.

GENEALOGICAL
RESOURCES: Family name index of Familianten
books, http://www.toledot.org/ihbf26.htm.
Birth, Death and Marriage record books for Breclav
dating from 1784 may be located at the Czech State
Archives in Prague, Statni istredni archiv, tr.
Milady Horokove 133, CZ-166 21 Praha 6, Czech
Republic, tel/fax: +42 (2) 333-20274,
seehttp://www.jewishgen.org/austriaczech/towns/gund1.htm.
Search
JewishGen/Internet resources for Koloděje.

NOTABLE RESIDENTS
AND DESCENDANTS: Koloděje is the
native village of Alfred Radok (1914-1976 Vienna),
producer of the National Theatre and the Prague
Laterna Magika and his brother Emil Radok (1918),
author of the Laterna Magika stage. The father
of German social democratic leader Friedrich
Stampfer came from Koloděje. The
gggg-grandson of Beniamen Stampfer of Koloděje, E. Randol
Schoenberg, is a moderator of Jewishgen's Austria-Czech
SIG and the submitter of this page.

SYNAGOGUES: A
synagogue from 1695-97 was pulled down in 1948.

CEMETERIES:
The Conservative and probably landmarked cemetery
originated in the late 17th or early 18th century
with last known Jewish burial probably 1969. Between
fields and woods, the isolated hillside has no sign,
but has Jewish symbols on gate or wall. Reached by
turning directly off a public road, access is open
with permission via a continuous masonry wall and
locking gate. Size of cemetery before and after
WWII: 0,2772 ha. 100-500 gravestones, all in
original position with less than 25% toppled or
broken, date from 1734 or from before 1500 through
20th century. The marble, granite, limestone,
sandstone, and iron (one) flat shaped stones, finely
smoothed and inscribed stones, flat stones with
carved relief decoration, double tombstones, or
multi-stone monuments have Hebrew, German, and/or
Czech inscriptions. Praha Jewish community owns the
cemetery with no structures. Adjacent properties are
agricultural and forest. Occasionally, private
visitors stop. Vandalism occurred occasionally in
the last ten years. Regional or national authorities
and Jewish groups within country re-erected stones,
patched broken stones, cleared vegetation, and fixed
wall and gate in 1991. No current care. Security
(uncontrolled access) and vandalism are moderate
threats. Weather erosion, pollution, and vegetation
are slight threats. Vegetation overgrowth seasonally
prevents access.

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